“Parking is free for blue badge holders and hospital volunteers, and a reduced weekly £10 parking ticket is available for anyone visiting a long stay patient.”

He added: “As an NHS hospital any surplus income we make from car parking charges is invested in providing patient care.”

This is the latest episode in Royal Preston Hospital’s parking saga, and follows recent claims that nurses were being put in danger in badly-lit car parks. A council task group has been set up to tackle traffic and parking issues at the site.

Plans for a new multi-storey car park for staff remain on the drawing board, nine months after they were given the go-ahead by the council.

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